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 180 PROCEEDINGS AT MEETINGS OF " In some Gazetteers (Mr. Faulkner remarks) this town is said to have the appellation of ' dranken Deddington, from the goodness of its malt liquor.' I have resided in the parish for nearly half a century, but I am not avrare that Deddington is more celebrated for its malt liquor, or that its inhabitants are more addicted to the vice of di'unkenness, than any other place in the north of Oxfordshire. But when Deddington is called ' drunken Deddington ' (as it has been, jocosely, from time immemorial, by the villagers in the neighbourhood), the tradition is added ' where the people sold the bells to buy gin.' May it not, then, be more than probable that this story had its origin in the i-eign of Charles I. ? " SlnttcitttttrS anlr SlSSorfeS of ^rt eyiyvbitt'O. By Sir John Boileau, Bart. — A beautiful fragment of sculpture, dis- covered in January, 1849, in a field adjoining Caistor Camp, near Norwich. It is the head and part of the bust of a statuette, supposed to have repre- sented Apollo, part of a bow appearhig near the head. The remains of an ancient building, supposed to have been a sacelluin, were found near the spot. A representation of this curious relic of ancient art will be laid before our readers hereafter. Also, the sword of the Chevalier Bayard, formerly in the possession of the Due de Crillou, who espoused the last representative of the family of Bayard. On the blade are engraved, near the hilt, two devices, or im])resi, — a falcon or other bird standing on a branch — motto. Soli Deo Gloria ; and an arm issuing from clouds, and wielding a faulchion — Vincere aut Mors. This very interesting relic was purchased by Sir John Boileau, at Avignon, in 1839. Representations of it have been prepared, to be given in the forthcoming Transactions of the Institute at Norwich. By the Hon. Richard Neville. — A singular little bronze relic of the Anglo-Norman age, discovered in the ruins of the building at Chester- ford, termed by Stukeley " Templi Umbra." It was found with ornaments and antique objects, of Roman workmanship, as described in the last Number of this Journal (see p. 20.) The representations here given Avill supply a correct notion of its dimensions and form. It closely resembles the tag or pendant of a strap, similar to those with which girdles, in Middle Age times, were "harnessed." It consists of two portions, one formed of thin plates of bronze, coated with a bright green patina, and connected by a small rivet at one end ; within these, as in a sheath, was found the furcate object here seen. One side (Fig. A) of this is more carefully finished than the other, and the prongs are so roughly fiishioned as to render it improbable that the fork should have been destined for any use, independently of tlie plates in which it was found sheathed. No appearance, however, of any means of attachment, as to a strap or girdle, is apparent.^ unknown use, with remains of Ronnan date in noticed, appears to render this relic deserving
 * 'J'lie occurrence of similar olijccts, of England, as at York and Caistor, previously